‘Jackets Split Opening Day at UAA Championship

BATAVIA, OH – The 17th-ranked University of Rochester men’s golf team went 1-1 in match play on the first day of the 2026 University Athletic Association (UAA) Men’s Golf Championship at Elks Run Golf Club, bouncing back from a 3.5-2.5 defeat at the hands of the 6th-ranked Emory University Eagles to upend No. 3 Carnegie Mellon, 4-2. With the split, the Yellowjackets head into the final day of match-play competition at the UAA Championship tied for second in the team standings with Carnegie Mellon, with both teams sitting at 1-1, needing the Tartans to defeat the Eagles and tiebreakers to…